Hat



April 22', 19 30. J MARZAK 1,755,300"

HAT

Filed Nov 15, 1929 l atented 22,

* I .UNITED STATES JOSEPH s. MAnzAK, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, Assmmmo LION nno'rnnns ooivr- 'PANY, mo, or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, a ooarona'rrou or, MARYLAND:

' HAT 1 Applicationhfiled November 15; 1929." SerialNo. 407,317;

The invention relates tothe type of washable fabric, hatior, cap worn by Navy and other sailors. It consists of a'centralcrown usually of cotton duck and an upturned circularbrim which is stiffened by circumfercntial sewing so that when properly laundered it retains its position with areasonable degree of firmness and regularity. However, a very small amount of wear causes the edge to become wavy or Wobbly and to get out of shape so that very frequent launderingis To this end the brim which is formed of several thicknesses of duck, is stiflened by means of a cord sewed to the edge and concealed therein in and after the manner to be described. A hat or cap embodying the features of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings: Figure l is a side elevation of the finished cap.

Figure 2 is'a topplan of the same. Figure 3 is a section on a vertical radial plane indicated by the line 33 in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a View corresponding to Figure 3 showing the brim separate from the remainder of the hat and flattened in a plane which may be termed vertical in its relation to the position of the hat whenworn.

Figure 5 is a similar section showing the cord sewed to the brim fabric, the brim being unfinished and the cord uncovered.

Referring to the drawings by numerals each of which is used to indicate the same or similar parts in the different figures, the sailors hat or cap'illustrated in detail inFigure 3 consists of 'a crown portion 1, the band or sweatband 2 and a brim 3. This brim to which the invention relates consists mainly of three pieces offabric, i. e., a closed ring or V band 'of thin st-ifiening. material which may be termed buckram, which may be heavily SlZGd'," the same being indicated by reference character 4, a second band: of. canvaswhich may be sewed to the strip 4 by a lineof stitche ingfi, the canvas band being indicated by reference character 6 and a double .band 7 or ring .of drilling or similar material which forms the external lower edge of the brimand is like the remainder of the hat fabrici,.i. e.',

the crown. I

. This-band is folded-at the top, therfree edges being at the bottom in Figure 5. The inside sheet of fabric of the band 7 referring to it in its present position,Figure 5,is.indicated by reference character 8, and the' outside sheet byreference character 9.

The respective'strips or rings of fabric 4, 6 and 7 the latter having its top edge formed by the fold,.are laid together with their top edges-in registration. Acord :10 is laid along the outside surface of the double band 7 nearthe topand'the cord 3. The straps or bands of fabric 4, 6, 7. are then sewed together'by a lineof stitching11, passing through and through all fourlmembers, 1. e., the cord, the fabric .4'and 6, and the two layers of fabric 7. The outer sheetorlayer 9 of the folded strip 7 is then swung outwardly to the left and upwardly about the cord 10 and then .over the top edges 12 and 14 of, the bands 6 and 4, respectively, and down on the right side of this assembly as seen in Figure 4 being laid against the right hand surface of the buckram strip 4 which it covers. *The cord being thus covered, the

strips of fabric 4, 6 and 7, the latter com{ posed of the two layers 8 and 9 and the latter being now on the right or inside and the layer8 on the left or outside so that layers 8 and 9 form the two surfaces of the brim,

in plan as to the inside of thebrim in Figure 2 and in 1 elevation as to the; inside of the are then sewed together by aseries' ,of'lines" of stitching 15 extending circumferentially brim in Figure 3, other lines of stitching 16 similarly laid connect the edges 17 and 18 of the sheets or layers 9 and 8 below or beyond the Width of the stifiening strips 4 and 6. These portions 17 and 18 are then turned up and the crown land band 2 are joined to them after the manner illustrated Figure 3 or in any suitable manner in accordance With the regular practice in the construction of such hats. v e

I have thus described specifically and in detail a hat or cap and the manner of com:

bining and constructing the same in order 7 that said structure may be tully understood, however, the speclfic terms herein are used descriptively rather than in a limiting sense, the scope of the invention being definedin the claim. 7

.What I clai-in as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A sailor-7s or similar fabric hat having an upwardly projecting brim formed of layers of stiffening material and hat material, a stiffening cord at the top edge connected to I said stiffening material and said hat ma terial, which latter is double and has a fold line at the top, by a line of stitching extendi-ng through said folded cover material near the fold and through said stiffening material near the top and tl iroug-h the c'0rd,'=said hat irraterial covering the brim on both sides and also covering the cord, "said fold b'eiirg 'se this 8th day 'of cured between the cord and the top "edge of the stiffening material by said stitching, "the brinrbeing further formed With a series of lines of stitching extending through and through said respective layers ofmaterial and around the brim circumferentially and spaced apart in the :direction "of the Width or height oft-he brim.

Signed by ine at Baltimore, Maryland,

November; 1929.

' JOSEPH s. MARZAK. 7 

